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c. 1900, [portrait of a couple in front of a paper moon]
via Harvard University, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Department of Photographs
ca. 1845, [portrait of a gentleman holding his dead wife]
via Exposures: Photography and Death, Audrey Linkman
ca. 1852, “Bank of True Love”, L.N. Rosenthal
via the Library Company of Philadelphia, Comic Valentine Collection
ca. 1840-80, “Caught Him at Last”
Pussy, when the rat she catches,
Smooths him down with velvet paw,
Then for change his hide she scratches
With her curved relentless claw.
So it is in wedlock’s matches,
Beauty leads us like a straw,
Till she’s got us “under hatches”
—Then look out for Pussy’s law!
via the Philadelphia Library Company, Comic Valentine Collection
“There are many men who would have done better than I did under the circumstances in which I found myself. If I had never held command; if I had fallen, there were 10,000 behind who would have followed the contest to the end and never surrendered the Union.”
-Ulysses S. Grant in his memoirs
ca. 1860-70, [Portrait of U.S. Grant]
via the Library of Congress, Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints
"Until the handkerchief of history covers us with its Times New Roman black and white post script..."
This blog is a collection of photographs and ephemera focused mainly within the curious and often misunderstood realm of 19th century America. I have a soft spot for all things silly, antiquated, macabre, and grotesque. The content is from a variety of collections; public, academic, and private. In addition, there's an occasional emphasis on Ulysses S Grant and the Civil War, as well.
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